Bedford News Highlights Local Fire, Weddings, and Meetings
Firefighters quickly extinguished a chimney blaze at Dr. E. E. Hamblen’s residence. Local residents return from New Hampshire trip. Miss S. B. Perrin resumes dancing classes October 18 in Bedford Town Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Young visit with I. W. Young family. Parent-Teacher Association plans first 1912 meeting October 1 at the schoolhouse with Nature study topics. Ve teran Cavanaugh to wed Miss Mary Morrison in St. Joseph’s church Someville. P T A notes past meeting and London welfare talks by Mrs. Higgins. Edward Abner Thompson to recital at town hall for children with later recital of songs and sketches. Lexington Minute Men drill and fund-raising plan for Washington inauguration. Corporals named from the unit.
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E. E. Hamblen
E. N. Rand
Daunter Helen
New Hampshire
B. Perrin
Town Hall
Bedford
Lewis J. Young
Linverhill
I. W. Young
Springsrd
Nature Department
Parent-Teacher Association
Sharp
Veter Fk. Cavanaugh
St. Joseph's Church
Someville
Mary Alvina Morrison
New York City
Spring Rd
Milton P. Higgins
Walter Leroy Smith
Mags
National Congress of Mothers
Higgins
London
O'Dowd
C. Company
Lexington Minute Men
Washington
Lexington
Frederick Lydiard
Clifford Day
Joseph Albans
Martin McMahan
The
Grange
Ruth Raymond
Alexander Urquhart
George
Scotland
George Raymond
Wrentham
John Raymond
Bow
Ordate
Bow St
B. L
B. L. Filene
Walter Carr
California
William Cross
Monument Hall
Lawton
Maynard
Hudson
Adelbert Messer
Marlboro
Messer
Middlesex School
W. C. Robus
William Stevens
John M. Keyes & Co
John H. Sedgewich
Europe
A. Fernald
Harvard Dental School
Fernald
Philip T. Flavin
Washington, D. C
Enterprise
Frank Pierce
Harmony Lodge
Boston
Grand Lodge
Sudbury Social Notes Record Local Movements
South Sudbury residents list moves and activities including Horace Seymour moving into Mrs. Henrietta Stright’s house and Mrs. W. A. Kempton occupying a Sudbury Center property. Local work contracts, school attendance, club meeting plans, and a 50th Antietam anniversary observance are noted along with a mountain climb injury and veterans of the 13th and 35th regiments.
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Horace Seymour
Henrietta Stright
Driver Kennedy
Hathaway Bakery
Nathan H. Perkins
Arthur H. French
Needham
W. A. Kempton
John W. Garfield
Sudbury Center
Doing and Thinking in the Kitchen Dialogue
A mother and daughter debate chores with a playful exchange about washing dishes. The mother urges action, while the daughter jokes about thinking rather than doing.
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Mamma
Bessie
Could Help Her. Foasy Lady Patient-I Was Suffering
Patient-I described extreme suffering and desire to die. Steen advised calling in medical help and evaluation at the residence to address the crisis.
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Dovteg
Steen
Sudbury Grange Rally Showcases Noted Speakers and Music
At the Sudbury Grange regular meeting a rally night featured honors by Chas M Gardner of Mass State Grange and Evan F Richardson. Deputies Wm T Herrick and Horace E Wallis attended, with Edwin Caldwell and Chas Cahill also speaking. Readings by Sister Herrick, mandolin trio led by Joseph Shaughnessy, and vocal solos by Herbert R Wells complemented the program. A buffet lunch and social followed for patrons and visitors.
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Sudbury
Herrick
Westboro
Joseph Shaughnessy
Marlboro
Herbert R. Wells
Maynard notes and social updates around town
Maynard society items list residents and visitors with brief notes on travels illnesses and routine events. Highlights include Cheney completing a garage for Harry Page and 32 new voters added Thursday evening. The chronicle also mentions gatherings at Newton Stow Concord and Andover.
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L. R. Cheney
Harry Page
Concord Junction Town Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs Jeremiah Sheehan recuperates after appendectomy in Concord Junction. Eighteen new voters added at last registration before primaries. Strathmore Worsted mills report irregular work. several employees seek other jobs. G Walter Knowles returns to Utica NY to resume studies at Cornell. Grapevine arbor at George Montague’s home captivates town with seven grape varieties. Miss Goldie O Keefe host a well attended party at Damon Street with gifts to the guest of honor. Public playground purchase provokes praise for its community value and plans for a grandstand near the baseball diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Walter Knowles
Utica N. Y
Cornell University
George Montague
William O'Keefe
Damon St
Goldie O'Keefe
Maynard
Burt Stone
Cleveland
Charles Castle
New York
Percy Foss
Lowden
Tiffle
Lake Baboosie
Amherst
N. H
Frank A. Pierce
Ithaca
N. Y
South Framing
Sunday Rally Attendance Sets Record at 260
Sunday school attendance on Rally day stood at 260 as services ran all day. Miss Butterworth of Maynard Miss Nichols of Lexington and Mr Wells A Hall aided. first social and supper planned Friday 5 30 to 7 with 25 cent admission. Next Sunday sermons cover The Patience of the Saints and A Better Possession. first stereopticon lecture set for Oct 13 on Porto Rico and missionary work.
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Butterworth
Maynard
Miss Nichols
Lexington
Wells A. Hall
Porto Rico
Family thanks for kindness after sorrow
We thank all who offered acts of kindness and heartfelt sympathy lightening our recent sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McEachern and Family.
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Ronald McEachern
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